Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The lack of coins deprives us of the evidence to form any assessment of their dynastic histories or tribal boundaries . |
2 | A final change of level takes us under the archway into the next small grassed and planted area , an altogether quieter space . |
3 | ‘ Determination in favour of [ the first and second respondents ] of their defence of settlement entitles them to judgment on [ the petitioner 's ] claims … |
4 | This view of physics sees it as a body of knowledge , or a system , which can explain all other bodies of knowledge . |
5 | This kind of mourning leads us to side with the poor , and to take action alongside them . |
6 | This of course takes us into the domain of attitudes and feelings of the learners , and is an area more influenced by emotion . |
7 | Such an astigmatic view of course excludes them from the main focus of research . |
8 | The application of previously defined style or property sheets to large amounts of text allows it to be rapidly converted from one form into another , merely by adjusting the rules written into the style sheet . |
9 | According to the 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica , one theory of consciousness holds it to be inherent in every atom of the body . |
10 | And mention of Ken brings me to a quick word about British gold panners . |
11 | Scotland international coach Roxburgh admitted : ‘ The loss of Richard presents us with a real problem . |
12 | This schematic way of thinking channels us into an obscurantist cul-de-sac instead of regenerating our culture . |
13 | And the partnership 's life is a short as a task completed or as long as a connected , improving spiral of programme sustains it through renewal . |
14 | The social stigma of alcoholism sees it as a disgrace rather than a disease that is beyond the control of the sufferer and for this reason ( and their own " denial " — which will be explained later ) friends and family may be reluctant to accept the true nature of the diagnosis . |
15 | It 's , certainly erm well attended , there 's , you know thousands of people attend and basically it centres around erm , a fire , Beltane means erm , sacred fire and erm a procession of drummers leads me to top of a path and along Carlfa , Carlton Hill and erm fire sculptures are lit around me and I unfo ha have this great costume that I unfold in and erm process round the hill and round hill are different performers erm painted in different colours to represent different elements of nature , and finally we come to this big fire where which I light with hands , which have been sculpted and bannocks are given to the people to eat , and erm the tradition that you 're supposed to cross the fire as a sort of a erm purification ceremony or or through the ashes of the fire . |
16 | My conception of sport elevates it to the realms of art , where the producer finds room to express himself and the consumer studies and appreciates ; both seek satisfaction . |
17 | One believer in the limits of law puts it like this : ‘ laws are often ineffective , doomed to stultification almost at birth , doomed by the over-ambitions of the legislator and the under-provision of the necessary requirements for an effective law , such as adequate preliminary survey , communication , acceptance , and enforcement machinery . ’ |
18 | But it is worthwhile to reiterate that , in a sense , every book published about recent history is of value as a source and the conventional ‘ official ’ documentation does not necessarily occupy in recent history the commanding place which its comparative isolation in a sea of illiteracy gives it in earlier epochs . |
19 | Another observation was of the isolation which can be experienced by the housewife , despite a close and happy marriage , when a move of residence deprives her of the company of friends . |
20 | Driving out of town leaves us with nothing , except everything behind us . |
21 | The Law Lords held that this publication was protected by qualified privilege : the Council had a duty to leap to the General 's defence , and the privilege was not lost by the fact of world-wide publication , because " a man who makes a statement on the floor of the House of Commons makes it to all the world … it was only plain justice to the General that the ambit of contradiction should be spread so wide as , if possible , to meet the false accusation wherever it went . " |
22 | This sort of evidence leads me to the conclusion that the continents , rather than sailing about the earth until they met in catastrophic collisions , separated and came together again repeatedly along the same general lines . |
23 | But perhaps the most striking example of the sombre side of suffering in obedience to God which the Spirit of Jesus calls us to Is provided by Paul in the Corinthian correspondence Kasemann has perceptively observed , in Jesus Means Freedom that this church at Corinth was infatuated with a theology of the Spirit whilst allergic to a theology of the cross . |
24 | One is that the history of evolution shows it to be a process of radiation rather than of progression . |
25 | What kind of hypocrisy allows you to ( presumably ) condemn a similarly degrading portrayal of women , whilst making your page a forum for this cartoon ? |
26 | Jackie Out of Soho reviews it in short exclamation-marked bursts |
27 | And then the next lot of lights sucks me to it and I just slide down the street . |
28 | The urgency of nausea brings me to Siobhan 's house without difficulty and , once there , I crumble to my knees and vomit into the toilet , after which I fall headlong into bed and sleep for three or four |
29 | It will perhaps be said that , although there may be no inherent difficulty in establishing criteria of relevance to choices of means , the vagueness of ‘ Be aware ’ for choices of ends reduces it to meaninglessness as our proposed ‘ first principle ’ . |
30 | The spirit of God reveals it to him … ‘ |